Marketing And Transportation Situation

Excerpt from The Marketing and Transportation Situation, Vol. 161: May 1966 Total net income of leading companies that process and distribute farm food products was larger in 1965 than in 1964. Net income as a percentage of sales was higher for 3 out of 5 industry groups, but was down sharply for the meatpacking firms. Net income as a percentage of net assets varied in about the same pattern as the net income-to-sales ratio. Net incomes of leading firms processing nonfood farm products also totaled higher in 1965 than in 196k. Net income as a percentage of sales increased in 3 out of 5 industry groups. As a percent of net assets, it increased 4 out of the 5. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from The Marketing and Transportation Situation, Vol. 1: May 1942 Problems developing daily in the marketing and transportation of farm products point to the imperative need for conservation and increased efficiency in the use of existing facilities. Except for ocean shipping, current demands for transportation are being met, but the big season of crop harvesting, processing, and distributing is still ahead. The reduction of coastal shipping and the shortage of parts, tires, and gasoline for trucks as well as complete stoppage of new truck production throws a heavy burden on the railroads. On all transportation fronts, plans are underway to eliminate waste effort, to take better care of equipment, and to make fuller use of facilities through elimination of less-than-capacity loads and cross-hauling, consolidation of routes, the standardization of new designs, and the granting of shipping and storage permits. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Marketing and Transportation Situation, Vol. 148: February, 1963 The farm value started the year with a 3-percent increase over the fourth quarter of 1961, but a decrease followed in the second quarter. In the third quarter, the farm value regained most of its second-quarter loss; then it dipped slightly in the fourth quarter. The farm value averaged $410 in the final quarter. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.